Children turn backs on traditional careers in favour of internet fame, study finds
A survey of a thousand children has revealed nearly three-quarters of young people are considering career in online videos
FORGET driving a train or nursing the sick — today’s children yearn to become YouTubers and vloggers.
They are turning their backs on traditional careers such as teaching or being a doctor.
Instead, three-quarters of children say they would consider some sort of career in online videos.
The biggest attractions are creativity, fame and the opportunity for self-expression, with money trailing in fourth place.
The findings come from a survey of 1,000 children by travel company First Choice.
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It showed more than a third would like to be a YouTuber and nearly a fifth wanted to work as a blogger or vlogger.
It outstripped other careers in the spotlight, with just one in 25 children wanting to be a model and one in six eyeing life as a pop star.
But following in the footsteps of online personalities such as fashion and beauty vlogger Zoella was not about the money.
Instead, almost a quarter of the six to 17-year-olds said the creativity of making cool videos was the biggest motivator.
About one in nine said it was about fame and the same proportion craved the opportunity for self-expression.
Children’s appetite for all things digital also extends to the classroom.
They would rather learn media studies and how to use video editing software than traditional subjects, the study shows.
The survey was prompted when Beth Ward, ten, from Middlesbrough, sent a letter to First Choice about her YouTube video of a family holiday to Mexico.
TOP 10 JOBS KIDS WANT
- Youtuber - 34.2%
- Blogger/Vlogger - 18.1%
- Musician/Singer - 16%
- Actor - 15.7%
- Film maker - 13.65
- Doctur/Nurse - 13.45
- TV Presenter - 12.45
- Athlete/Teacher - 11.9%
- Writer - 8.4%
- Lawyer - 6.4%